I sometimes have a few rage issues when it comes to politics, so I’ll try to be gentle here.
Yesterday I saw An Inconvenient Truth, the new documentary about Al Gore’s traveling slide show on the reality and dangers of global warming.
It’s so hard to listen to someone SMART–someone who could have made a POSITIVE difference [...]
My friend and fellow author Barry Lyga and I were discussing this last night. Recently he and I both had the chance to do a kindness for another writer, and neither of us ever got a thank you.
It’s not like we did our particular nice things just because we wanted to be all gushed [...]
Sometimes I like to keep my weirdness to myself, but this thing is too huge not to share.
I am a big fan of Paul McKenna. He’s a British author and hypnotist. Two years ago I read his book Change Your Life in 7 Days, and it really did.
When I was in England last [...]
Memo to self: immediately amend List of 30 to include Meryl Streep. You’ll have to kick someone off. So be it.
A & E was showing River Wild today, and who could resist? So yes, the rewrites had to wait. Because you’ve got:
1. Great drama
2. White-knuckle adventure
3. [...]
Okay, now in addition to title envy, I have cover envy.
Every now and then I head over to the Freakonomics blog, and here’s what was waiting for me today.
So lucky. Man.
I need to go write a book that deserves a cover like that.
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It’s funny how ideas take root. Last week when my sister-in-law Sue and I were tearing around the English countryside on our Jane Austen Tour, we found out from the guide that a lot of the huge English estates are being bought up and restored by rich American women. Which caused Sue to [...]
My To Be Read pile is so seriously out of control. It gives me a nervous quiver in my stomach every time I see it. And it guilts me. And it makes me feel bad for rereading books I adore instead of going on to the next new one in the pile.
In [...]
A little background: for years my husband’s joke was that Robin loves foreign travel . . . books and shows. So true. The vicarious travel thrill was always more than enough for me.
Then one day I did what I swore I would never do: got a passport.
I figured having a passport [...]
Horribly jet lagged. Will communicate when I’m able . . .